In its simplest form, concrete is a mixture of paste and aggregates (sand & rock). The paste, composed of cement and water, coats the surface of the fine (sand) and coarse aggregates (rocks) and binds them together into a rock-like mass known as concrete.
Whiskey Rebellion. The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called whiskey tax was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. It became law in 1791, and was intended to generate revenue for the war debt incurred during the Revolutionary War.
time of the Whiskey Rebellion, he commented, âthe first error was to pass it (the whiskey tax); the second was to enforce it; and the third, to make it the means of splitting this Union.â In Philadelphia, the federal court found only two of the 20 rebels guilty of conspiracy against the government of the United States.